Year: 2014

Bike to Work Day Friday 5/16 – Meet at the Bridge!

Friday, May 16 is Bike to Work Day.  West Seattle Bike Connections is hosting West Seattle’s only full Commute Station. Alki Bike and Board and DIY Bikes will be there for bike quick checks and advice ,  from 6 to 9 AM under the High Bridge, west of the Spokane Street low bridge where the Alki, East Marginal and West Duwamish trails meet. 

Please join us for bicycling information, simple repairs, coffee, home made cookies and other goodies.  Enter a drawing for prizes from Cascade Bicycle Club, and help us beat last year’s record number of cycling commuters!  Bring some cookies, or just ride for the cookies. No requirement to continue on to work!

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Saturday May 10 – Bike to Game Day

Bike to Game Day at Safeco
Saturday, May 10 Mariners v. Kansas City at 6:10 PM.  Purchase tickets on Friday for a discount.

Quickest, most fun way to get to the stadium from West Seattle and back home. Secure bike parking in the Safeco garage. Can combine with Water Taxi.
Sponsored by Cascade Bicycle Club and Puget Sound Starts Here – discounted tickets and gifts for bike riders

bike & trailer at Safeco Feild parking garage

Al J rides this rig to 30 games a season!


Lots of secure bike rack space waiting for fair or foul weather fans

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Bikes & Trains – to School!

Fabulous Bike to School Day!

Thank you to Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Jose Banda and Alki Elementary teacher Terry Kegel for leading giant bike trains to Alki!  More kids at Schmitz Park. Reports from your school?  Lots of nice coverage in the West Seattle Blog.  Here’s a photo from WSBC’s Kathy Dunn, who met the south train at Mee-Kwa-Mooks and promoted the Bike Rodeo that we’ll be doing for kids at Alki Summer Streets on May 18.   With with safe routes and good bike parking, we can make every school day Bike and Walk to School Day. Better for young students’ health, fitness, safety, attention span in the classroom, and for our neighborhoods. Alki Bike To School Day 2014

WSBC meeting May 6 at 6:30

WSBC monthly meeting

Tuesday, May 6, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
HomeStreet Bank, SW Alaska St at 41st Ave SW, Seattle WA (map)
For discussion and planning of advocacy, events, activities.
Open meeting – you are invited!
Come find out how to get involved with our Bike to Work Day Commute Station, or the bike rodeo at Alki Summer Streets, or …

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

The Delridge Greenways let us ride from the Alki Trail to White Center on safe, quiet, beautiful streets.  We have more Greenway routes waiting to be built!  Seattle Neighborhood Greenways connects groups like ours, coordinating and supporting our efforts for bike routes that work for all ages and abilities, with equity.

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May 1 Policy Ride and Bike Happy Hour

We rode today from Occidental Plaza to the Schooner Exact with Cascade Bicycle Club on a Policy Ride and Bike Happy Hour! And some of us going to DIY Bikes wheel truing workshop.

Thank you to Dongho Chang, Seattle Chief Traffic Engineer for riding with us,

and Brock Howell, Emily Kathrein, Robin Randels, Thomas Goldstein, and Jeff Aken from Cascade for doing this, and to Bob Anderton, David Geoffrion, Bob Winship, Kathy Dunn, Lars Halstrom, and others from WSBC, AJ Verdugo from WS,  and Michael Hirschenhorn from Queen Anne and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways for participating.  We enjoyed meeting new people from West Seattle and beyond. Don BrubeckDSC01465 DSC01475 DSC01488

May is Bike Month!

Bike month starts tomorrow! Let’s do it! How about riding with someone who has not tried it before? How about a workplace team in Cascade’s commute challenge, or helping with a bike train to school?

Lots of events including May 1 Policy Ride to Bike Happy Hour at Schooner Exact, May 1 DIY free wheel truing workshop at West Seattle Tool Library, May 6 Bike to Work Breakfast, May 10 Bike to Mariners Game Day, May 7 Bike to School Day, May 16 Bike to Work Day (we’ll have a station at WS Bridge), and May 18 Alki “Summer” Streets (we’ll have a bike rodeo).  See calendar

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Marginal Way Policy Ride > Bike Happy Hour

ALMOST in West Seattle – let’s celebrate a year of safe riding and steady progress on East Marginal Way, raise a glass to Lance David’s memory, and talk about what is to come.  Schooner Exact is at 3901 First Avenue South. Ride co-led by Cascade Bicycle Club and West Seattle Bike Connections

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No bus? Ride with us!

Until the Washington State legislature, King County or Seattle government figure out what to do to provide the bus service we need, some of us can ride bikes to get places and free up seats on the buses that are still running, and free up space on the roads for those who must drive. Bicycle transportation increases roadway bandwidth without increasing roadway width. Kind of like energy conservation by increasing efficiency — getting more out of the existing capacity.

We are here to help that happen, and to make it safe, attractive and convenient for as many people as possible.DSC01296 Here’s a great north-south route in West Seattle: 21st Ave SW on Puget Ridge and Pigeon Point, connecting us to White Center at the south via Myrtle/16th, and connecting to West Duwamish Trail, Alki Trail and the low level bridge to SODO and downtown at the north, via Andover/22nd. No traffic jams, low traffic, peaceful and easy grades. Croft Place here connects to the 26th Ave SW Greenway.